bias

Everything took on the color of blood.

Sometimes, it is easier for people to believe lies then deal with the uncomfortableness of their own fear of action. These type of people feel uncomfortable unless everyone is the same or God presents them with what is easy and obvious. It is a life long coping mechanism for the greatest fear of all--regret.

Privileged people can fall into the trap of universalizing experiences and laying them across other people__ experiences as an interpretive lens.

Data can bear on policy issues, but many of our opinions about policy are grounded in premises about the nature of human life and human society that are beyond the reach of data.

There is a natural prejudice which prompts men to despise whomsoever has been their inferior long after he has become their equal.

It always matters who the storyteller is. It__ a lens.

Why is it that all the Christians I see on TV shows and movies are nothing like the Christians I know in actual life? The people I know have a sense of humor, aren't shallow, don't feel like they know all the answers, struggle, get scared, have hope, make sense, make peace, and hang on tight to their values because they're worth hanging on to. Have Hollywood writers just never actually set foot in a church???

The tribal pull of patriotism could have no better testimony.

The greatest difficulty in antiquity with that of altering the law; among the moderns, it is that of altering the manners.

Memory is always in art, even when it works involuntarily.

Jack and Bobby Kennedy were too young, too attached to real family to transfer affection and loyalty to those that of their blood or region or upbringing.

Under the absolute sway of an individual despot the body was attacked in order to subdue the soul, and the soul escaped the blows which were directed against it and rose superior to the attempt; but such is not the course adopted by tyranny in democratic republics; there the body is left free, and the soul is enslaved.

A psychopathy on Anarres was rational behavior on Urras.

At best, people are open to scrutinizing themselves and considering their blind spots; at worst, they become defensive and angry.

Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror.

Saying it's hard being straight is like complaining to the poor that it's difficult being wealthy.

Those who benefit from unearned privilege are too often quick to discount those who don't.

If you think being straight means you're being discriminated against, you're probably misreading your privilege.